Last night while the Cubs were in the 5th inning, I went to my basement to get a quick workout in. A few weeks ago I purchased a hex bar off of Amazon for a great price. I was pumped to get it in the mail and then it went to the basement and I didn’t look at it again for a month. My basement has spiders, really big spiders too. A couple months ago I was working out and a huge spider came crawling across the floor. I freaked out, tried to kill it with some weed killer that was empty, and eventually just chased it off so I could get back to my workout. I really just didn’t want it on my baby who was in her swing. Before I could workout last night I had to do an hour’s worth of vacuuming up dead spiders and crickets from my basement. Then I had to go back around the room perimeter and spray bug spray since the basement seems to have a lot of open ways for bugs to get in. After my vacuuming cardio I was tempted to just go watch the World Series, but then decided I really wanted to break in the new hex bar. You can see my workout pictured in the photo, but I’ll write it out for you.

November 2nd, 2016

Jump Rope

100 single unders

Hex Bar Squats

10x-Warm-Up 50 lb. Bar Only.

10x-100 lbs

(25 Single Unders)

8x-110 lbs.

(25 Single Unders)

6x-115 lbs.

(25 Single Unders)

Back Squat

10x-Warm-Up 45 lb. Bar Only

10x-95 lbs.

(25 Single Unders)

8x-115 lbs.

(25 Single Unders)

6x-115 lbs.

(25 Single Unders)

Dead-lifts

10x-Warm-Up 45 lb. Bar Only

10x-95 lbs.

(25 Single Unders)

8x-115 lbs.

(25 Single Unders)

6x- 145 lbs.

(25 Single Unders)

Jump Rope

100 Single Unders

I really enjoyed the hex bar. After doing the hex bar squats my back squat was pretty weak. That could also come from lack of consistency. I also go to Cross-fit but haven’t been going every day and we don’t always do squats, so it had been a month since my last back squat. I really enjoy leg day. You can do just a few quick movements and really get a good workout in. My usual go to workout is back squats, straight leg dead-lifts, and lunges so it was nice to break that up with my new equipment.